Usually I don't have a problem with the film reviews Robert Fontaine does for the Ottawa CBC show All In A Day. He seems to have a good sense of humour and he can at least go against the critical tide every once in a while. This week, though...
I've personally listened to this film review of Hellboy a few times by now. I'm still stymied by the fact that Fontaine can easily recall a Golden Age superhero like Vapo-Man and be so clueless when talking about the movie he's reviewing. Hell, he and host Brent Bambury (you Canadians with unemployment issues may remember Brent, he did Midday for a few years in the mid-1990's) kept referring to Hellboy as a Marvel comic. Perhaps it's the generation gap, but man do these guys ever sound out of the loop. Hey, guys, you're not that old.
This review is in RealAudio and is 14 minutes long. Hope you can make it through the inane blather for that amount of time.
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April 16 2004, 19:31:52 UTC 8 years ago
God. This is HORRIBLE.
April 17 2004, 10:18:46 UTC 8 years ago
Oh god, and they had a "Holy Such-&-Such, Batman!" gag. Kill me.
April 17 2004, 10:55:45 UTC 8 years ago
I think it has more to do with working for CBC Radio. CBC Radio has a sort of NPR mentality to it, but it plays more music so it's "hipper." The station still appeals mainly to 55-year-olds, but, y'know, only the "hipper" ones these days, the ones who like Buck 65 and all.